1980s

1980s

Culture
1. Foods
  1. M&M meat shops open across the country
  2. Tim Hortons became popular
  3. Famous Canadian Foods
    1. Poutine
    2. Beaver Tails
    3. Nanaimo Bars
    4. Chapman’s IceCream
    5. Maple Syrup
2. O Canada was officially adopted as the national anthem
3. Entertainment was increased through music and movies
4. Standup Comedy
5. Theatre
  1. Toronto, Toronto
  2. Anglo
  3. Les Nuits de l'Indiva
  4. Pied de poule
  5. Gala
  6. I Love You, Anne Murray
  7. Fire
6. Festivals
  1. Charlottetown Festival
  2. Stratford Festival
  3. Blyth Festival
Fashion
1. Leg Warmers
2. Bold eyeshadow
3. Teased Hair
  1. Mullets
  2. Gelled hair
  3. Head Bands
4. Body Suits
5. Aviator sunglasses
6. Bold jewlery
7. Primary Colors
  1. Bright nail color choice
8. McJagger Pants
Politics
1. Brian Mulroney of the Progressive Conservatives elected 1983 for Prime Minister
  1. Cut government savings to help with huge federal debt
  2. Tried include Quebec more in the constitution
  3. take away family allowances and pensions from the wealthy
2. (1982) Canadian charter of rights and freedoms
3. (1988) Canadian Multiculturalism was created
4. (1984) Canadian health act was passed by the Federal health insurance legislation
  1. Provides medical access to everyone
  2. Provincial payment is made to pay for hospitals and clinics
  3. Free
5. (1989) Changes made to the Refugee Law
  1. Oral hearing within days of their arrival
  2. Punished those with false claims
6. Pierre Trudeau was a liberal leader who was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1980-1984
7. Trudeau participated in the Constitution Act to create the new Charter of Rights and Freedoms
8. Jean Sauve the first woman Governor General
9. New Constitutional Act
Entertainment
1. Canada’s Wonderland was created
  1. Rides
  2. Family entertainment
2. The Film Production Importation Bill
  1. The Quebec Cinema Act was passed
  2. Movies
    1. Dead Ringer
    2. Roadkill
    3. The Grey Fox
    4. Breakfast Club
    5. Atlantic City
    6. My Bloody Valentine
    7. Every Child
    8. The Little Mermaid
    9. The Black Cauldron
    10. The Fox and the Hound
    11. Oliver & Company
    12. The Great Mouse Detective
    13. Who Framed Roger Rabiit
3. Canadian Singers
  1. Celine Dion (1980)
  2. Joni Mitchell
  3. Paul Anka
  4. The Parachute Club
4. Famous Sports
  1. Hockey
    1. First Stanley Cup won (1984) Winnipeg Oilers
  2. Lacrosse
  3. Basketball
  4. Football
  5. Rugby
  6. Soccer
  7. Famous Athletes
    1. Steve Nash
    2. Wayne Gretzky
    3. Gordie Howe
    4. Terry Fox
      1. Marathon of Hope
    5. Ben Johnson
  8. Calgary Winter Olympic Games (1988)
    1. 57 nations completed
      Annotations:
      - asd
    2. Soviet Union won most medals
    3. East Germany close tie
Technology
1. Walkman
2. videocassette recorder (VCR)
3. Cellphone
4. Cable Television
5. Video-Game Console
6. Home computers
7. Space shuttle
8. Camcorders
9. Answering machines
10. Fax machines
Economy
1. Recession
2. Capitalist businesses living in Hong Kong resettled in Canada to expand their businesses
3. Chinese immigrants invested 1.1 billion dollars in Canada’s economy
4. Restructuring and downsizing resulted in job losses for workers
5. Computer age
  1. More efficient
  2. Less employees needed in secondary and primary industry
  3. allowed people to work at home
    1. women worked until they were married & expected to stop working
  4. increase of women in the workplace
    1. Few reached high executive positions
    2. female lawyers jumped to 70%
Women
1. Mostly labour force
2. Wages slowly becoming equa
3. Some in executive and administrative positions
4. earn lower wages than men
5. Second Wave of Feminism (include for international relations)
Minorities
1. Segregation between white and black women
2. Employment equity act
3. Parliament passed the new immigration act
4. Immigrants
  1. looking for better employment
  2. refugees fleeing from war
    1. famine
    2. Political instability
    3. Economic instability
5. Employment equity act
6. Parliament passed the new immigration act
Social Changes/Issues
1. computers began to be applied in historical analysis
  1. Computers permitted generalizations from the experience of large groups
2. Homelessness
3. Bill C-31 amended the Indian Act
  1. allowing many women and their children to reclaim their status
4. Population of Aboriginal peoples has increased
5. Many aboriginal homes did not meet National Building Code
6. Aboriginal people began to develop their own police forces
7. Aboriginal children in care were over-represented and accounted for
8. AIDs protest
9. Women employment and rights
International Relation
1. responsibility for trade added with creation of the Department of External Affairs and International Trade
2. Quebec had offices in ten countries including eight in the United States and three in other Canadian provinces
3. Ontario had thirteen delegations in seven countries
4. Relationss
  1. Antigua and Barbuda
  2. Belize
  3. Dominica
  4. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  5. Albania
  6. Brunei
  7. United Yemen
  8. Zimbabwe
  9. Australia
  10. Republic of China

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